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Ask a scientist: Professor Robert Winston answers 100 big questions from kids…
Professor Robert Winston answers the amazing questions children have about science - real questions from real kids! This fun and friendly science book for kids poses 100 real-life questions from kids to Robert Winston on every aspect of science. Questions cover all the popular science topics, including human body: "Why do freckles come in dots on your face?"; physics: "Could you jump off the…
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- 9781465484444
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- 128 p. ; ill. ; 27,5 cm
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- 500 WIN a
Really, Really, Big Questions About Science
Prepare to exercise your mind as you investigate big ideas in this philosophical question and answer series. Cool illustrations, brainteasers, and quirky quotations add to the simple and fun question-and-answer format, introducing readers to life's important questions. What's in empty space if it's not empty? What makes something funny? Can elephants cry? and what came first: the chicken or …
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- 9780753471814
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- 63p.,ill,col.,pbk
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- 500 CAV r
Sustaining Life: How Human Health Depends on Biodiversity
The Earth's biodiversity-the rich variety of life on our planet-is disappearing at an alarming rate. And while many books have focused on the expected ecological consequences, or on the aesthetic, ethical, sociological, or economic dimensions of this loss, Sustaining Life is the first book to examine the full range of potential threats that diminishing biodiversity poses to human health. Edited…
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- 9780195175097
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- 566p; fc; hc
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- 333.9516 CHI s
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